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3 11 2013Malaysia warns U.S., Australia against spy
Malaysia has warned the United States and Australia against the alleged espionage activities in their embassies in Kuala Lumpur, local media reported Saturday.Foreign Minister Anifah Aman raised the matter to his Australian counterpart Julie Bishop in Perth Friday on the sidelines of the 13th Ministers of Indian Ocean Rim-Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC) meeting, according to the state news agency Bernama.
The media reports on alleged Australian spying activities in Malaysia have caused considerable anger amongst the Malaysian public, Anifah said, warning that such activities could severely damage existing relations.
The Foreign Ministry on Friday summoned the U.S. ambassador and the Australian High Commissioner to Malaysia to hand over protest notes on their alleged spying activities in Kuala Lumpur following the reports, Bernama reported.
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Myanmar ethnic armed groups form nationwide ceasefire
YANGON, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) — Rebel ethnic armed groups in Myanmar have
formed a 13-member nationwide ceasefire coordination group to make peace
deal with the government, according to an announcement of the Ethnic
Armed Groups Conference available here Sunday.
A framework agreement on peace deal reached at the closing of the four-day conference on Saturday in Laiza, Kachin state, is expected to be presented during further talks with the government’ s central peace making group on coming Monday in Myitgyina, the capital of Kachin state.
However, the armed groups, in a post-conference announcement, criticized the government for its continued military offensive against the armed groups-controlled areas amid talks.
A total of 17 ethnic armed groups signed an 11-point framework agreement among themselves at the closing of the four-day conference in the border town of Laiza, northernmost Kachin state, for negotiation for a nationwide ceasefire deal with the government.
The agreement mainly called for holding political dialogue with the government within months after the planned signing of a nationwide ceasefire agreement with the government.
The framework agreement also includes laying down a political roadmap acceptable by both sides, keeping promise for holding political dialogue, trust building and its implementation.
The Laiza peace conference of leaders of the ethnic armed groups, which began on Wednesday, mainly discussed nationwide ceasefire, political dialogue and establishment of a federal union system.
The conference was organized by the Kachin Independence Organization and participated by 17 other armed groups including the United Nationalities Federal Council, the Kayin National Union, the Restoration Council of the Shan State Army (RCSS), the Democratic Kayin Buddhist Army and the New Mon State Party.
Of them, the RCSS failed to join the signing, while the United Wa State Army and National Democratic Alliance Army based in Mongla, eastern Shan State, were absent from attendance.
However, the two absent armed groups promised to join the follow-up talks between the government’s central peace making group and the ethnic armed groups slated for Monday and Tuesday in Myitgyina.
The upcoming Myitgyina talks are expected to work out a comprehensive ceasefire paper for the final signing of a nationwide ceasefire accord, observers here said.
A framework agreement on peace deal reached at the closing of the four-day conference on Saturday in Laiza, Kachin state, is expected to be presented during further talks with the government’ s central peace making group on coming Monday in Myitgyina, the capital of Kachin state.
However, the armed groups, in a post-conference announcement, criticized the government for its continued military offensive against the armed groups-controlled areas amid talks.
A total of 17 ethnic armed groups signed an 11-point framework agreement among themselves at the closing of the four-day conference in the border town of Laiza, northernmost Kachin state, for negotiation for a nationwide ceasefire deal with the government.
The agreement mainly called for holding political dialogue with the government within months after the planned signing of a nationwide ceasefire agreement with the government.
The framework agreement also includes laying down a political roadmap acceptable by both sides, keeping promise for holding political dialogue, trust building and its implementation.
The Laiza peace conference of leaders of the ethnic armed groups, which began on Wednesday, mainly discussed nationwide ceasefire, political dialogue and establishment of a federal union system.
The conference was organized by the Kachin Independence Organization and participated by 17 other armed groups including the United Nationalities Federal Council, the Kayin National Union, the Restoration Council of the Shan State Army (RCSS), the Democratic Kayin Buddhist Army and the New Mon State Party.
Of them, the RCSS failed to join the signing, while the United Wa State Army and National Democratic Alliance Army based in Mongla, eastern Shan State, were absent from attendance.
However, the two absent armed groups promised to join the follow-up talks between the government’s central peace making group and the ethnic armed groups slated for Monday and Tuesday in Myitgyina.
The upcoming Myitgyina talks are expected to work out a comprehensive ceasefire paper for the final signing of a nationwide ceasefire accord, observers here said.
Volcano erupts in Sumatra, Indonesia
Mount Sinabung volcano in Karo district of North Sumatra erupted again early Sunday, shooting a column of ash up to 7,000 meters to the sky, and authorities recommended evacuation of the people living in the slope, an official said here.
A major explosion was heard at the 2,475 meter (8,120 feet) high Mount Sinabung after midnight and has been rumbling since, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman of national disaster management and mitigation agency told Xinhua over the phone.
An evacuation zone of 3 km has been declared and the people in four villages within the area must be evacuated, Sutopo said.
The authorities have raised the alert status to the second highest following the increase of seismic activities on the mountain over the recent weeks, he added.
The Mount Sinabung volcano erupted with a major explosion on Oct. 24, sending a column of smoke up to 3,000 meters.
The Mount Sinabung volcano is among 129 active volcanoes in the vast archipelago country, which is vulnerable to seismic upheaval as it lays on the Pacific “Ring of Fire.”
